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Baby routine question

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Alicia870 · 28/10/2018 11:07

My baby is 4 weeks old and I know it's super early to be expecting a routine. However she does seem to have settled into a vague structure throughout the day for the past week. I'm wondering if there are any tips on how to improve this?
At the moment the day looks like this:

Wakes between 5-6am- breastfed
Breastfed at 9am
Breast fed at 12pm
Breast fed 2-3pm
Formula at 4-5pm
Breast at 9pm
Formula at 1am
Back to breast at 5am
These times do vary but the structure of how many times she is fed and the two formula feeds is always the same order

Just wondering how I could adjust it so that she is going to bed around 7? Any ideas?

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rubyroot · 28/10/2018 16:34
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applepatch · 28/10/2018 16:48

To be honest please please please don't be worrying about that kind of thing just now just cuddle and enjoy your baby, feed on demand and things will take care of themselves
Four weeks old is very young and your wee baby will do things at her own pace. I'm a huge lover of routine and so struggled with this at the beginning but you just have to let the newborn stage settle itself
I started a gentle bath bottle bed routine at 6 weeks old but that was more for me rather than what my DD was doing! She certainly wasn't asleep at 7 on the dot and still to this day (she's 2) she won't be rushed to sleep!

Go with gut instinct on things, if I had a tenner for every time someone told me I was going to spoil my baby for picking her up 
Refused to let her cry to sleep and went very much at her pace for things. Just felt she wouldn't cope well if things were forced upon her plus I was more relaxed as a result.
I read books about routines and wish I hadn't it made me panic.
Relax and I promise things will go at their own pace
Congratulations on your little bundle!

applepatch · 28/10/2018 16:51

Btw not at all suggesting you meant leave baby to cry I just meant for me that was the one thing folk used to say to me all the time and I used to beat myself up for not being 'strict' with her but I soon got over that and just enjoyed my time with her 

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Di11y · 28/10/2018 17:06

I found getting baby up 'for the day' at 7 helped reset bedtime in sync. but do it gradually, and to be honest I'd rather have an 8.30-7.30 routine than 7-5.30 as dd often didn't sleep 12 hours.

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